Slightly worrying results in that Spectator poll:
When asked whether Britain should change its foreign policy in response
to terrorism only 12 per cent said it should be more conciliatory,
compared with 53 per cent who thought it should become more
"aggressive" and 24 per who wanted no change.
More aggressive? What on earth would that be? The turn Teheran into a parking lot option?
Some 69 per cent said that the police should be able to hold suspects
for up to 90 days without charge, rather than be bound by the current
28-day limit.
So much for civil liberties then.
The poll findings will encourage John Reid, the Home Secretary, who has
warned the British public that they will have to forgo many of the
freedoms and liberties they have grown used to in order to ensure the
maximum level of security.
Ah, how terribly revealing. The "maximum level" of security. Hey, we could have barcodes on our foreheads, internal passports, indefinite detention without trial etc etc etc. We still wouldn’t have that maximum level of security.
The aim is to have the maximum level of security consistent with our freedoms and liberties, not to give them up for something that cannot be obtained.
What’s the ned got planned for us next?
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